man im desperate. I need gcc for a certain application i want to use, so i thought, well no prob... Lets install it.

So i get this cute error while installing GCC


[root@athos gcc-4.3.3]# ./configure
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln works... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.


Yeah i got no C compiler, i am installing one, donkeys...



What to do?

What distro and version are you using?

i am using the newest version of gcc and CentOS 5.2

I take it you already have one version of gcc installed and you are now trying to add a newer one?

no, first installation...

which g++
/usr/bin/which: no g++ in ...

Ok, you cannot compile without having a compiler.

You can install gcc via yum. as root

well that was useful

i am used to *** around in command line with lamo programs noone uses i forgot about yum...

ok, gcc is installed and up and running, but while installing my other prog, i get this error

Fri Mar 20 04:48:54 CET 2009 checking for prerequisite g++
Fri Mar 20 04:48:54 CET 2009 WARNING: prerequisite g++ not found


g++ is part of gcc? not?

yum install gcc-c++

If one did not need c++ why install it?

i am not an informatician, but having the responsability to install a server for a group kinda sux. They buy a server, put it there and let me do everything. I dunno how everything works, i am learning linux on the fly atm.

I am in USA atm on holiday and the software needs to be installed by monday 9am. So i am trying to install everything remote, no colleagues in the neighbourhood, this kinda sux. lucky you guys are there...


ok almost there.

now i get this error:

WARNING: prerequisite library zlib not found
WARNING: (Note that on platforms for which zlib is made available as
WARNING: separate run-time and development packages, this may be due
WARNING: to the development package not having been installed.
WARNING: Check that zlib.h can be found in the standard include paths.)
WARNING: prerequisite library bzlib not found
WARNING: (Note that on platforms for which bzlib is made available as
WARNING: separate run-time and development packages, this may be due
WARNING: to the development package not having been installed.
WARNING: Check that bzlib.h can be found in the standard include paths.)

but when i do yum install zlib:
Package zlib - 1.2.3-3.x86_64 is already installed.
Package zlib - 1.2.3-3.i386 is already installed.

yum install bzlib:
no package

Ok, with RH based systems when you compile (vs just run) you need the -devel version of the dependency. In this case zlib-devel.

all right, now i only need a bzlib package (probably also the devel version)

i googled around and found libbz2-dev or libbz2-devel, but that appears not to work with yum install...

Try bzip2-devel. Should be in the repo.